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How to Gauge Optimum Timing for Pulling Day-Old Chicks PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 01 June 2008
Chicks should be pulled from the incubator when they are ready, not according to the clock, says hatchery technology company, Pas Reform.  

The length of the incubation period is influenced by several factors:

The time needed to complete development from a day-one embryo to a day-old hatchling depends on the species. The chick embryo hatches after 21days of incubation, while turkey poult and ducklings hatch after 28 days. However, within each species, the duration of incubation and thus the pulling time varies between different batches of eggs.

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